Adverbs – Free Exercise

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Exercises

Write the adverb forms of the adjectives.

  1. quiet →  one-syllable adjective → add -ly
  2. wild →  one-syllable adjective → add -ly
  3. whole →  one-syllable adjective ending in -e
    → remove the final -e before adding -ly
  4. funny →  2-syllable adjective ending in -y
    → change -y to i before adding -ly
  5. good →  irregular adverb → well–better–the best

Complete the gaps with the adverb forms of the underlined adjectives.

  1. Your English is perfect. You speak English  .add -ly
  2. I am so healthy because I eat  .change -y to -i before adding -ly
  3. Bob is a friendly boy. He greets everybody  .irregular adverb → adjective already ends in -ly, so you have to find an alternative adverb form (in a friendly way/manner)
  4. My dad is an early bird, he gets up   every day.adjective and adverb are identical
  5. One question in the test was so difficult, I could only answer it  .irregular adverb → (with difficulty)

Complete the gaps with the comparative forms of the adverbs in brackets.

  1. The little girl can shout (loudly)   than her big brother.adverb ends in -ly → comparative is formed with more
  2. She works (well)   than her colleagues.irregular form (well-better-best)
  3. In this picture, you are the one that smiles (happily)   of all.adverb ends in -ly → comparative is formed with more
  4. I cook (badly)   than he does.adverb is formed by adding ly, but the comparative forms are irregular (the same as those for the adjective)
    badly-worse-worst
  5. After ten years, he loved his wife even (much)   than at the beginning of their relationship.irregular form → much-more-most